Monday, August 8, 2016

How about something unusually epic to start your new working week this Monday? As 'Deadline' reports NCIS producer Charles F. Johnson is preparing AMAZONS, a live action television series about famous African female warriors!

The series will tell the story of AMAZONS, an army of 6,000 female
soldiers who fiercely fought against the French Colonial army and other
enemies of the Dahomey Kingdom. The kingdom was the last non colonized
West African empire which existed from 1600-1894 and was unique in that
men and women had societal parity and shared ruling authority over the
government.

'THE SEA OF TREES' TRAILER

WITH MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, KEN WATANABE, NAOMI WATTS

It's a very boring Monday, people, and the only thing the spy has to show you is the first official trailer for Gus Van Sant's new drama movie THE SEA OF TREES starring Matthew McConaughey, KenWatanabe and Naomi Watts. The movie has already opened around Europe after it got booed at Cannes Film Festival.

SUICIDE FOREST Arthur Brennan (Matthew McConaughey) treks into Aokigahara, known as
THE SEA OF TREES, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan's Mount
Fuji where people go to commit suicide (it really exists with an
average of three suicides a week). On his journey to the suicide forest,
he encounters Takumi Nakamura (Ken Watanabe), a Japanese man who has
lost his way after attempting suicide. The two men begin a journey of
reflection and survival, which affirms Arthur's will to live and
reconnects him to his love for his wife (Naomi Watts).

I can see subscriptions to Amazon Prime going up with that new show. Men will flock to it if the ladies are sexy.

I'm not sure why they chose McConaughey for that role. If he has depth as an actor, I've never seen it. Without him in it, I'd watch it. I saw a documentary on that forest and it was so sad. The Japanese people put so much pressure on themselves.

I reckon ladies won't be sexy, more butch and manly, they were warriors after all :)

Yes, I had a lesson on Japanese students and how incredibly hard they have to work, which I liked to use at my classes with my students. It is a merciless system, but they are also a nation of great honour and pride

I can see why it got booed. The summary sounded so boring I didn't bother looking at the trailer. Good luck and I feel bad for Nicole Kidman being a part of this. Matt at least has Dark Tower to look forward to maybe being good. That Amazon series has my attention.